It features the Alvin R. Bush Dam built in 1961 by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers as a flood control measure in the West Branch Susquehanna River basin.

Many of the recreational facilities at the park were built during the Great Depression by the young men of the Civilian Conservation Corps.

Kettle Creek State Park is seven miles (10 km) north of Westport and Pennsylvania Route 120.

Alvin R. Bush Dam controls about 226 square miles (590 km2) (92%) of the Kettle Creek drainage basin.

Kettle Creek Reservoir is a 167 acres (68 ha) and serves as a fishery for trout, bass, bullhead, sucker, and panfish.

The common game species are American black bears, eastern gray squirrels, ruffed grouse, white-tailed deer, elk, and wild turkey.

The trails of Kettle Creek State Park are open to hiking, cross-country skiing, horseback riding, and mountain biking.

There is a 22 miles (35 km) trail for horseback riding which begins and ends in the park and loops through Sproul State Forest.